Dronedesk Reviews

Summary: Brilliant service from Dorian for a product that really does save time whilst ensuring record keeping compliance alongside job packs for clients.

Positive: We have a team of 5 drone pilots flying 5 days a week across dozens of sites every week.

I can create new site Job Packs inc Risk Assessments and Method Statements through Dronedesk in around 5 minutes. Within the job info will be a kml for our flight area, weather details, pilot and specific assigned craft and additional crew info, emergency contacts in the area, NOTAMS in the area plus FRZs and warning areas, plus a lot of cleverly auto populated data based on these choices above.

Repeat sites I just make a clone Job, update the date, check the airspace on the site plan, check the weather and its done in a minute!

Give Dronedesk a try, I guarantee it's better than you think and you'll wonder why you weren't using it earlier.

I don't work for Dronedesk btw, I just believe in great products with great support for any questions.

Negative: .kmz 3D file overlay to Google Earth

Automated flight log assignments based on flight location to site plans in jobs.

Summary: Dronedesk has been a game-changer for my drone operations. It combines everything I need, flight planning, airspace checks, risk assessments, and job scheduling, into one easy-to-use platform. I no longer have to switch between multiple tools, and the airspace and weather data make planning quicker and safer. It also helps with CAA compliance by storing all documents and providing built-in checklists. The ability to generate reports and manage client jobs saves time and keeps me organised. Overall, Dronedesk has made my workflow more efficient and professional. I’d highly recommend it to any serious drone operator.

Positive: One of the biggest pros for me is how easy it is to check airspace, NOTAMs, and weather in real time. It takes the guesswork out of planning and helps me feel confident I’m flying safely and within the rules. The built-in checklists, risk assessments, and ability to store all my documents in the platform is a massive bonus too, especially when you need to stay compliant with the CAA.

Negative: Some users may find that forms, checklists, or report templates can't be customised to their exact workflow or branding preferences.

Summary: This is an absolute must for any drone business serious about success in the current market. It's a genuine game-changer, providing indispensable tools that streamline every facet of operations, from sophisticated flight planning and airspace awareness to efficient data management and client report generation. The impact on day-to-day productivity is remarkable, allowing for a greater focus on delivering top-quality aerial services and ensuring compliance with all necessary UK regulations. Investing in this will undoubtedly elevate your professional standing, enhance safety protocols, and give your drone business a significant competitive edge, making it an essential asset for sustainable growth and client satisfaction.

Positive: This programme has genuinely revolutionised how I manage my business. The standout qualities are undoubtedly its exceptional ease of use and the ingenious way it consolidates every necessary tool to streamline operations into one accessible platform. From the intuitive interface, which required minimal onboarding, to the comprehensive suite of features covering everything from project management and client communication to financial tracking and reporting, it's an absolute game-changer. I no longer waste time juggling multiple applications; instead, I have a unified, clear overview of all business activities. This has significantly boosted our team's productivity and efficiency, allowing us to focus more on growth and less on administrative complexities.

Negative: Some PDF's with images don't save properly and the design could be modernised it feels a bit clunky sometimes

Summary: Fantastic tool that has revolutionised how we manage our operations and make me feel comfortable that I do not have to worry about a sudden CAA audit. I can pull any of the data I will need with a click. If it's not there, then that's because I have not entered it - and not because Dronedesk had not given me the option.

Positive: We were looking for a tool that allowed us to collect all the relevant data we need to collect for audit and compliance purposes:
Pilot hours
Maintenance schedules
Pilot records and certifications

We found something that offered so much more:
Flight planning
weather data
risk assessments
compliance records
comprehensive flight logs
team management
site management
battery logs
asset management
you name - it has it

Negative: There are no cons - as the Dronedesk team is ultra-responsive. Any development requests - if they make sense - are implemented in a timely fashion. So if you truly find something that you would consider "cons" - just let them know and I bet they rectify it.

Summary: Been using drone desk 4 years for our company, wouldn't use nothing else, our 4 trained UAS operators love it.

Positive: Ease to use, saves hours especially when you have multiple jobs, easily understandable, great comms and updates, quick and polite query resolution.

Negative: None, should you ever have a query, just raise a question and its answered immediately.

Summary: Fantastic onboarding, great system, once I had explored and understood the system it's because a great tool for keeping ourself up to date with all our drone as a company and staying compliant with the CAA requirements.

Positive: The customisation of the system, the integration into other systems, the AI assistance, the support.

Negative: Took a minute to get the hang of things, with all its features it felt easy to get lost, this was cleared up with the onboarding though.

Summary: Overall I would recommend Dronedesk to any friends in the business, we will continue using it having tried other platforms in the past. Dronedesk just makes life so easy!

Positive: Love Dronedesk, we have been using it since the very start and always been impressed with its ease of use, great UI and advanced planning features. It has a brilliant setup which produces professional looking flight plans and risk assessments,

Negative: No real cons to Dronedesk, the prices can be a little higher than other platforms but it represents great value for money,

Summary: A fantastic software that makes the pre planning phase far simpler and efficient, saving a lot of time prior to jobs or test flights. Very nicely set out and easy to navigate.

Positive: The simplicity of the workflow and job management
Ease of monitoring the assets
layout of the different sub menus
Efficiency of creating a new task
Creation of reports for internal and external requirements

Negative: Not being able to add custom images for drones
Not being able to customise the template risk assessments

Summary: Superb! The product is robust and slick, saving us hours of time and providing a quality, detailed preflight plan and RAMs. This in turn gives our customers confidence as well as ensuring we are consistently maintaining our very high levels of safety focus.

Positive: Prior to using Dronedesk we were using MSWord templates, which meant looking at multiple sources to create Preflight Plan and Risk Assessments. This now takes minutes instead of hours and means our whole preplanning phase is far more efficient. Repeat missions can be cloned and tweaked easily to update.

Negative: There is no mechanism (that we are aware of) to quickly plan training or test flights - where client details etc. are not required, it would be great to have a shortened planning tool to do so. Allowing us to synch these flights for our logs alongside our commercial operations.

Summary: If you have problems or need to understand anything in any great detail, Dorian is always on hand to help.

Positive: Ease of use, intuitive features and efficiency savings make this platform a must. its reduced the amount of time taken to do risk assessments by a factor of 3 and made them more comprehensive.

Negative: Nothing not to like about Dronedesk, its most certainly the best platform out there by miles.

Summary: Not only does Dronedesk save huge amounts of time but it generates incredible comprehensive RAMS documents and so much more. Fanatical support and constant upgrades too.

Positive: Fully comprehensive drone operations SaaS platform for commercial drone operations. Generates fully comprehensive RAMS documents, allows invoicing/media management and plenty of other features.

Negative: There's a small learning curve but it's so much easier than spreadsheets and give 1,000 times better results!

Summary: Really like it and would not like to have to return to doing the job without it, I have not found any comparable product.

Positive: Very easy to use, everything in one place, prompts to ensure I don't miss anything, quickly track status of jobs.

Negative: No android app, needs internet access to work. Could be more customizable

Summary: Often we are asked for RAMS and having the use of this programme just removes any anxiety towards having the right "paperwork." Everything you need is right here, and you can tailor the details to suit your organization's needs.
A very valuable asset to my company and highly recommended.

Positive: Can taylor details to suit your organization's needs.
Contact details for ATC and advice is second to none.
You can print off the rams with ease.
Mobile friendly.
Easy to navigate.

Negative: As we're always photographing at different properties, I would prefer not to have the location separate. It would be easier for me to set up a job and add the location then, rather than having to do it before, then find the location (remembering what it was saved as) when setting up the job.

Summary: Fantastic platform to operate your business on. Keeps your workflow live and available along with updates etc

Positive: So easy to use.
Keeps my business on track everyday.
So easy to operate.
A must if you operate drones for your pleasure or business

Negative: Would love this to use as an iOS app
Would also be great if it had the function of Drone Logbook so all your information on jobs, drone details and flight records were in one place to submit to CAA

Summary: Anyone running a drone business will need everything Dronedesk does, from researching and scoping a job, to notifying interested parties, publishing a flight report and acknowledging all the associated risk considerations and documenting everything. Everyone should be doing all this and Dronedesk makes it simple and effective to do it. Highly recommended, I've been using it since it was launched.

Positive: The ease of use to logically research, plan and then log a drone flight is done very well, with the reassurance that all necessary records have been properly recorded whenever there is a CAA audit (I have an audit and Dronedesk made the process much less onerous than it would have been!)

Negative: It's not cheap, but you get what you paid for and possibly if it cost less the support would not be as prompt.